Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ In determining the total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) above , or the liability or total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 2 ) above , no account shall be taken of any liability in respect of a deposit if … ( c ) the institution is a former authorised institution and the deposit was made after it ceased to be an authorised institution or a recognised bank or licensed institution under the Banking Act 1979 unless , at the time the deposit was made , the depositor did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that it had ceased to be an authorised institution , recognised bank or licensed institution . ’
2 ‘ A lot of people like to get worked because it knocks the fear out of them .
3 Whatever the reason , the new president , Kim Young Sam , appears to have decided that it has to stop .
4 But the Panel seems to have concluded that it failed to give a true and fair view .
5 But the bank is believed to have replied that it did not have the power to do so .
6 Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't .
7 The aged had , nevertheless , acquired ‘ a definite status in the community … and the ‘ pauper taint ’ [ was ] removed by a system of personal thrift organized by the state' , a provision for which the Conference congratulated itself , claiming to have succeeded because it had placed national interests over and above political tactics .
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